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| Founded | November 2000 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Hong Kong International Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Al Maktoum International Airport O.R. Tambo International Airport Sharjah International Airport | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Pradhaan Air Express[1] | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 25 (excl. Charters)[2] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||
| Key people | Sanjeev S. Gadhia (CEO)[3] | ||||||
| Website | Astral Aviation | ||||||
Astral Aviation is a cargo airline based in Nairobi, Kenya. It was established in November 2000 and started operations in January 2001. It operates scheduled and non-scheduled/ad-hoc cargo charters, as well as humanitarian-aid flights, to regional destinations in Africa, Asia and to Liège in Belgium as its only European destination, as of 2023.[4][5][2] Its main base is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi.[6] It has one subsidiary operating in India since October 2022, Pradhaan Air Express, which leased an Airbus A320P2F cargo aircraft, thus making it the world's first airline to have such an aircraft in its fleet.[1]
- ^ a b "India's Pradhaan Air Express begins A320P2F flight ops". ch.aviation. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Trans Africa Network". Astral Aviation. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "OUR TEAM". Astral Aviation. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 79.